Poultry roost



' Patented Apr. *'10, 192s.

i ,i UNITE YIRA CLAY WHITE, yOF BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.

Application led .Tune 7,

This invention relates to roosts or perches for poultry.

The object of the invention is to provide and which is collapsible to rfacilitate handling thereof.

Another object is to provide a roost of i this' charac-ter which includes anuinber of vit perch poles lequipped with gerniicide containers to rid the fowls roosting thereon from mites, lice and the like.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the coinbination and arrangement of parts vand in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that chan es in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be Iliade within the scope 0f what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings p Figure 1 represents aplan view of a rroost constructed in accordance lwith this invention.

Fig. 2 is aside elevation thereof, and Y Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

The roost constituting this vinvention conilprises two sections, l and Q'arranged inlon gitudinal alineinent and hingedly connected at their inner ends by a pintle 3 which eX- tends looselythrough the lapping ends 5 of a plurality of longitudinal bars 4; forming a hinged connection between the sections. As shown the outer bar 4 of one section at Vone side is located outside that of the other section while at the opposite side the'jarlviously anyY desired number maybe employed and the sections l and 2 may be made of` rangement is reversed (see Fig. l) to provide for one section folding snugly within the other when the roost is collapsed. l l

' Eachsection is composed of a plurality 'of laterally spaced longitudinally extending 1923. semaine. 643,989.

p form of pockets 8, so that the poultry roosta roost of this character which is readily re y movable for cleaning and other purposes ing on these perches will be freed from mites and thevlike by the fumes of the' gerinicidev inthe pockets rising 'up and passing into .the feathers of the fowl;

thereof preferably near the corners, withy hangers 9, four of lwhich are here shown, two carried by each section. Thesehangers This ma isequipped at wendete-ges f 9 are made hook-shaped and are-designed to posite corners between the bars. 4 andthe I' support engaging hooks of the hangers 9 so that-the hooks of one section will aline longitudinally with those of the other to properly` position them relatively to their. supports.

When itis desired to removethe roost for any purpose, the hangers 9 are disengaged from their supports andthe roost folded at the centei to` facilitate" handling. This.V

hinged connection ofthe sections also adapts theroostto occupy a small space when storing or packing -it for shipping. Fastening 1 elements in the forni of VCotter-pins l1 aref arranged transversely through theV pintles 3 j adjacent the inner' faces oftheinner side bars as is'shown clearly in Fig. 1 and'which are removableto facilitateseparation of the sections when desired for cleaning .or other purposes. While six perch bars only are shown,'ob

any Ydesired `size to lit thewhich they are to be used.

I- claimrn v In a roost, a pair of sections, each poultry house in `or the sections including longitudinally extended the'roost, han gersron the roost, the frstmentioned bars having aligningopenings, a pintle extending through the aligning openings vco removably connect the sections, removable members extending through the pintles adjacent tothe oliteriongitdnal'bars to restrict movement ofthe sections lover the pin-k tie, and said cross bars having openings deinng oups.

\ In testimony that I claim the foregoing' 10 as my own, I have hereto aixed my signature. Y

IRA @LAY-WHITE. 

